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How to Pack for a Photography Road Trip
Photo gear for a road trip, clockwise from top left: gaffer tape, microfiber cloth, extra glasses, AM/FM radio, Sennheiser shotgun mic, 400mm f2.8 Canon lens, fanny pack, belt bag/pouch, Fotosharp...
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White Balance: what you need to know
Do you know how to effectively control White Balance on your DSLR camera? Accurately recording color temperature during exposure is a critical skill thall all photographers should learn. (Copyright...
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Christmas photography tips
Slowing down your shutter speed to pick up the overall room exposure, then using a bit of gelled strobe to shoot your subjects, results in a photo that captures the look and feel of the event. Canon...
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How to shoot macro photos in the freeze and frost
Ice crystals form patterns on my car windshield early this morning. 1/128th sec. @ f9.1, ISO 400. ( Copyright 2013 / Andrew Boyd) We’ve had our first two nights of frost for this year, the temperature...
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Aperture: How It Affects Your Photography & Why You Should Care
Aperture diaphragm, Canon 70-200 mm f2.8 lens. (Copyright 2010 / Andrew Boyd) [Note: I'm bringing this post 'back to the front' because it's on my list of essential-that-you-know-this stuff for...
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How to Light Absolutely Anything
Champagne in the studio. Two lights: an overhead softbox, and a second fill light, lower right. Surface was a sheet of silver foil board, another light surface. (Copyright 2010 / The Times-Picayune,...
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Pet Photography: how to shoot great photos of your pets
Getting your camera down to your pet’s point of view can lead to some much more interesting photographs. (Copyright 2013 / Andrew Boyd) Pet photography: I can hear the groans from here! These constant...
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Archiving your photos, backing up: a cautionary tale
I made this image to illustrate my 2010 New Year’s Resolution to develop an iron-clad backup routine. Here I am almost 3 years later, still bit in the butt by sloppy backup habits. (Hint: don’t let...
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Quick Tip: Learn to Use Back-Button Autofocus
Are you a ‘back button’ autofocus shooter? Here’s why you should be. (Copyright 2009 / Andrew Boyd) Does your camera have back-button autofocus? Is it an option on your DSLR to switch between...
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How to Become a Better Photographer
Improving as a photographer requires focus and hard work. And you need a plan. (Copyright 2013 / Andrew Boyd) THE BACK STORY So you’ve bought that third camera lens, or maybe second camera body....
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Photographing a Simple Still Life
Iris still life, 2013. Exposure: 2 seconds @ f11, ISO 50. (Copyright 2013 / Andrew Boyd) Do you ever ‘see’ a photograph in your head and then try and go out and shoot it? Or to say it differently,...
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How to Pack for a Photography Road Trip
Photo gear for a road trip, clockwise from top left: gaffer tape, microfiber cloth, extra glasses, AM/FM radio, Sennheiser shotgun mic, 400mm f2.8 Canon lens, fanny pack, belt bag/pouch, Fotosharp...
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How to photograph a hurricane
Hurricane Isaac spins its way onto the Louisiana coast. (NOAA photo) It’s been a long and exhausting week covering Hurricane Isaac here in New Orleans. As one of the photo editors for The...
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DSLR Photographers: How to set your camera’s ISO
Wherever the ISO speed is located on your particular camera, its function will be the same: determining the sensitivity to light of your camera's light sensor. (Copyright 2012 / Andrew Boyd) Picking...
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Photographic cropping and composition
Flowers offer lots of opportunities for composition and cropping practice. (Copyright 2012 / Andrew Boyd) I’m still shooting flowers. If this isn’t for you, you might want to check back in a few weeks...
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Creative Focus in Your Photography
First version of the two-rose composition. I really wanted the rose on the right to be in focus, not going out of focus on the right side of the image. (Copyright 2012 / Andrew Boyd) We’re having our...
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Framing Your Photography
Archival prints in the process of being framed. (Copyright 2012 / Andrew Boyd) At some point you’ll probably have some photographs you’ve shot that you want to frame. How you go about the framing–the...
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Using Shutter Speed Creatively in Your Photography
Seemingly-small changes in shutter speed can have a big impact upon your results. (Copyright 2012 / Andrew Boyd) I was out shooting recently when an old tire, some sand and a bit of water got me...
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Creating panorama photos with Canon’s Photostitch software
Same scene, two views: bottom photo is a 'straight' shot taken with my Canon 16-35mm f2.8 zoom at about 20mm; the top panorama verson is shot with the same lens but set at 35mm, each image composed...
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